Genetic Analysis of a Scytho-Siberian Skeleton and Its Implications for Ancient Central Asian Migrations

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Article

Authors

François X. Ricaut, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Mole ́culaire, Institut de Me ́decine Le ́gale, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France 67085., Anthropobiologie, Universite ́ Paul Sabatier, CNRS, UMR 8555, Toulouse, France 31000.
C. Keyser-Tracqui, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Mole ́culaire, Institut de Me ́decine Le ́gale, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France 67085.
J. Bourgeois, Department of Archeology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium B-9000.
E. Crubézy, Anthropobiologie, Universite ́ Paul Sabatier, CNRS, UMR 8555, Toulouse, France 31000.
B. Ludes, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Mole ́culaire, Institut de Me ́decine Le ́gale, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France 67085., Anthropobiologie, Universite ́ Paul Sabatier, CNRS, UMR 8555, Toulouse, France 31000.

Abstract

The excavation of a frozen grave on the Kizil site (dated to be 2500 years old) in the Altai Republic (Central Asia) revealed a skeleton belonging to the Scytho-Siberian population. DNA was extracted from a bone sample and analyzed by autosomal STRs (short tandem repeats) and by sequencing the hypervariable region I (HV1) of the mitochondrial DNA. The resulting STR profile, mitochondrial haplotype, and haplogroup were compared with data from modern Eurasian and northern native American populations and were found only in European populations historically influ- enced by ancient nomadic tribes of Central Asia.

Recommended Citation

Ricaut, François X.; Keyser-Tracqui, C.; Bourgeois, J.; Crubézy, E.; and Ludes, B. (2004) "Genetic Analysis of a Scytho-Siberian Skeleton and Its Implications for Ancient Central Asian Migrations," Human Biology: Vol. 76: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol76/iss1/7